• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 10, 2015
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Negative: 4 out of 13

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  1. Dec 15, 2015
    9
    ok so it really depends on u if u will like this movie or not if u are not christian u may not appriceate it as much as it should be appriceated but i for one loved it found myself laughing loudly at parts while crying over others a true christmas classic
  2. Mar 7, 2016
    10
    This is based on Dolly Parton's life, how can you give it a poor rating? I am not originally from Tennessee but I live near where Dolly Parton is from and I believe that it was portrayed very accurately to the life style of many of the people from that region. The actress that plays the role of Dolly is spunky and entertaining. This movie will make you cry, so get the tissues out. OverallThis is based on Dolly Parton's life, how can you give it a poor rating? I am not originally from Tennessee but I live near where Dolly Parton is from and I believe that it was portrayed very accurately to the life style of many of the people from that region. The actress that plays the role of Dolly is spunky and entertaining. This movie will make you cry, so get the tissues out. Overall it is a empowering film. Expand
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Reviewed by: Melissa Maerz
    Dec 11, 2015
    75
    What counts most is the acting, which lends the story a naturalism that the script can’t. Nettles captures the quiet, solitary sadness of Dolly’s mother with great subtlety.... But the real breakout star is 8-year-old Lind, who delivers a performance so believable, you can imagine looking it up on YouTube 10 years from now, when she’s inevitably winning awards for some gritty Sundance drama.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Dec 10, 2015
    80
    The pastoral nostalgia that this TV-movie taps into is powerful, if maudlin, stuff. This is the time of year when sentimentality can be a warming thing, and Parton’s Coat will keep an awful lot of people warm this winter.
  3. Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Dec 10, 2015
    60
    [Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors] plays like a long-lost episode of “The Waltons” in which Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroder have stepped in as Ma and Pa. It’s a romanticized view of the past, to put it mildly, and it’s as sticky sweet as the caramel apple cider you might find at Dollywood.